Greece

2022 - 7 - 5

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What Are The Entry Requirements For Greece? (Forbes)

Are you thinking of booking a summer getaway? Now that it has relaxed its border restrictions, you may be considering going to Greece.

There may be tighter restrictions where the spread of Covid is deemed particularly high and hospital capacity is limited or restrictions may be enforced with little notice. Your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before you enter the country, and it must be valid for at least three months after you leave. Travellers transiting through airports in Greece are also free to do so without showing a vaccination certificate, a negative Covid test or proof of recovery from the virus.

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Greece's Top Luxury Resorts Threatened by Wildfires (Greek Reporter)

The fire in Itea, a resort town in the southeastern part of Phocis, central Greece which broke out on Monday, is burning uncontrollably. Fanned by strong winds ...

they were transferred to safety with boats, local media argolida24.gr reported around 9:30 p.m. Argolida24.gr reports that there are strong indications of an arson “because a couple of minutes before the fire broke out in the forest next to the hotel, two other fires were started in two abandoned houses in settlements of the area. A luxury hotel in Kranidi, Argolida, was evacuated on Monday evening after parts of the premises were damaged by a large wildfire that broke out in the forest area of Korakia area and the wind brought it to the hotel. On Monday evening, the Fire Service ordered the evacuation of the northern part of the town of Itea and the village of Sernikaki. The fire is burning a huge area of ancient olive groves stretching to the town of Itea, including the Amfissa Olive Grove and the valley of Pleistos. It is believed that it is the largest olive tree forest in the Balkans with approximately 1.2 million trees. The fire in Itea, a resort town in the southeastern part of Phocis, central Greece which broke out on Monday, is burning uncontrollably.

Greece: Large forest blaze forces evacuations west of Athens (WOKV)

Fire service personnel was on a high alert on several parts of the country Tuesday, amid a forecast major risk of wildfires. Two other blazes were burning in ...

The ancient site was in no danger. Fire service personnel was on a high alert on several parts of the country Tuesday, amid a forecast major risk of wildfires. Authorities said the strong wind, which kept shifting direction, was hampering the firefighting effort.

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Wildfire continues to burn in central Greece (Anadolu Agency)

Villages evacuated, while another fire front in southern Greece has forced hotel guests to evacuate - Anadolu Agency.

Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Hotel guests in the town of Kranidi have been evacuated and transported to other hotels, according to Skai TV. A wildfire that has been burning near the town of Amfissa in central Greece is out of control, the fire brigade said late Monday.

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Residents evacuated as wildfires rage across central Greece (Greek Herald)

A wildfire is burning across three fronts near the Greek town of Amfissa, in the municipality of Delphi, central Greece.

The village of Sernikaki was also evacuated. Residents in the northern part of Itea in the Fokis region have been successfully evacuated. The monastery has been evacuated and firefighters are trying to prevent the blaze from reaching a forested region nearby.

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Overnight blazes in Greece lead to sudden resident evacuations in Ilia (Neos Kosmos)

Nearly 200 firefighters, dozens of municipal workers and volunteers spent the night battling a big blaze in the Peloponnese.

The algorithm was developed specifically for the Greek capital, through the correlation of historical weather data over a period of two decades, and mortality data. Fire units from Bulgaria, Germany, Norway, and Finland will also help cover central Greece fronts in the months of July and August even though Greece’s fire season officially ends in October. The Romanian contingent, which was the first foreign unit to arrive is comprised of 28 firefighters and five vehicles.

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Emergency crews responding to wildfire in Schimatari area, Greece ... (Crisis24)

The fire broke out early July 4 amid high temperatures and strong winds in the region. Around 100 personnel are on-site battling the blaze. Authorities have ...

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection warned July 2 that the ongoing heatwave and strong winds would combine to greatly increase the fire risk across parts of Attica, Central Greece, the North Aegean, the Peloponnese, and Western Greece regions over the coming days. Authorities have urged residents to leave the town of Dilesi as a precaution and have suspended services on a local train service. Emergency crews are responding to a wildfire burning in the Schimatari area, around 50 km (31 miles) north of Athens, in the Central Greece Region as of late July 4.

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Greece: Large forest blaze forces evacuations west of Athens (ABC News)

Greek firefighters are battling a large forest blaze that forced the evacuation of a village west of Athens.

The ancient site was in no danger. Fire service personnel was on a high alert on several parts of the country Tuesday, amid a forecast major risk of wildfires. Authorities said the strong wind, which kept shifting direction, was hampering the firefighting effort.

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